Senate votes for HJR-3, ending debate for this year

4:09 PM,
Feb. 17, 2014

Demonstrators from both sides of the HJR-3 issue shout and sing outside the Indiana Senate chamber at the Statehouse before the start of the scheduled second reading for the proposed constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage on Thursday, February 13, 2014. Two amendments have been filed to restore the ban on civil unions.

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The legislative debate over a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in Indiana is over - at least for this year's legislative session.

The Indiana Senate this afternoon voted 32-17 in favor of the ban.

The vote came after the Senate declined Thursday to restore the amendment's second sentence, which also would have banned civil unions and similar arrangements. The House had previously removed that provision before approving the amendment Jan. 28. ...